Detailed record for Egerton 2045

Part 1

ff. 4-345

Title

Hours, Use of Rome

Origin

France, Central, Paris

Date

c. 1460 - c. 1470

Language

Latin, and some French

Script

Gothic cursive

Artists

Maître François

Decoration

1 fullpage miniature (f. 62v) and 11 full-page miniatures surrounding a few lines of text with a large decorated initials, some including human heads, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 82, 89, 95, 100v, 106, 115v, 138, 172v, 178v, 280), accompanied by decorated initials and full foliate borders on the facing page, in colours and gold. Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue.

Dimensions in mm

85 x 60 (45 x 25)

Part 2

Title

Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Origin

Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

Date

c. 1480 - c. 1485

Artists

The Master of the Dresden Prayer book c. 1480-85 (see Brinkmann 1997).